Chapter 9 User Authentication

Figure 9.1 illustrates the RADIUS authentication procedure:

Figure 9.1 RADIUS Authentication Procedure

User attempts login

Local User

account

authenticated in

switch?

No

Authentication request sent to RADIUS Server

User name and

password

authenticated?

No

Authentication Reject

sent to switch

User cannot access switch embedded managegment

Yes

Yes

Perform log-in according to user's priviliege level to switch

RADIUS CLI Commands

 

In order to...

Use the following command...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enable or disable authentication for

set radius authentication

 

 

the P460 switch. RADIUS

 

 

 

authentication is disabled by

 

 

 

default

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Set a primary or secondary

set radius authentication server

 

 

RADIUS server IP address

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Configure a character string to be

set radius authentication secret

 

 

used as a “shared secret” between

 

 

 

the switch and the RADIUS server.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Casio P460 manual Illustrates the Radius authentication procedure, Radius CLI Commands